aws-c-http

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  "github_readme_excerpt": "## AWS C Http\n\nC99 implementation of the HTTP/1.1 and HTTP/2 specifications\n\n## License\n\nThis library is licensed under the Apache 2.0 License.\n\n## Usage\n\n### Building\n\nCMake 3.9+ is required to build.\n\n`\u003cinstall-path\u003e` must be an absolute path in the following instructions.\n\n#### Linux-Only Dependencies\n\nIf you are building on Linux, you will need to build aws-lc and s2n-tls first.\n\n```\ngit clone git@github.com:awslabs/aws-lc.git\ncmake -S aws-lc -B aws-lc/build -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=\u003cinstall-path\u003e\ncmake --build aws-lc/build --target install\n\ngit clone git@github.com:aws/s2n-tls.git\ncmake -S s2n-tls -B s2n-tls/build -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=\u003cinstall-path\u003e -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=\u003cinstall-path\u003e\ncmake --build s2n-tls/build --target install\n```\n\n#### Building aws-c-http and Remaining Dependencies\n\n```\ngit clone git@github.com:awslabs/aws-c-common.git\ncmake -S aws-c-common -B aws-c-common/build -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=\u003cinstall-path\u003e\ncmake --build aws-c-common/build --target install\n\ngit clone git@github.com:awslabs/aws-c-cal.git\ncmake -S aws-c-cal -B aws-c-cal/build -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=\u003cinstall-path\u003e -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=\u003cinstall-path\u003e\ncmake --build aws-c-cal/build --target install\n\ngit clone git@github.com:awslabs/aws-c-io.git\ncmake -S aws-c-io -B aws-c-io/build -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=\u003cinstall-path\u003e -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=\u003cinstall-path\u003e\ncmake --build aws-c-io/build --target install\n\ngit clone git@github.com:awslabs/aws-c-compression.git\ncmake -S aws-c-compression -B aws-c-compression/build -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=\u003cinstall-path\u003e -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=\u003cinstall-path\u003e\ncmake --build aws-c-compression/build --target install\n\ngit clone git@github.com:awslabs/aws-c-http.git\ncmake -S aws-c-http -B aws-c-http/build -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=\u003cinstall-path\u003e -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=\u003cinstall-path\u003e\ncmake --build aws-c-http/build --target install\n```\n\n#### Run Integration Tests with localhost\n\nTo run some of the integration tests (start with localhost_integ_*), you need to set up a localhost that echo",
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  "why_use_this": "Primary dependency for AWS SDK for C and other AWS C libraries that need standards-compliant HTTP functionality. Built for high performance and minimal overhead in C-based applications. Used internally by aws-c-io and other AWS C runtime components."
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